(Reuters) – After taking Twitter Inc private for $44 billion, Elon Musk has began making changes to the social media platform which have irked some users, making them search for alternatives.
The changes include Musk’s decision’s to charge for user verification, in addition to his opinions on content moderation.
Listed below are some platforms which might be alternatives to Twitter:
Launched in 2016, Mastodon is an open source software for a decentralized social network, with several features which might be just like Twitter.
It is freed from advertisements, has a 500-character limit, in addition to custom emojis.
Mastodon has greater than one million monthly energetic users and added nearly half one million users since Oct. 27, Chief Executive Eugen Rochko said on Monday.
Cohost is an ad-free social media platform. Posts made on the platform fall in a timeline that goes vertically, very similar to Twitter.
The corporate said it’ll charge “a couple of dollars a month” and can soon take suggestions and sell subscriptions.
Founded by former U.S. President Donald Trump, Truth Social is a platform favored by conservatives and was recently launched on Apple Inc’s iOS and Google-owned Android.
Truth Social is just available to users in the US.
A self-described “grassroots social network”, it is accessible on Apple’s App Store and Android.
The platform allows users to focus on an audience to boost engagement on posts and says users can find experts on topics of dialogue.
Nashville-based Parler, which has agreed to sell itself to the rapper formerly often called Kanye West, is popular with U.S. conservatives.
Founded in 2018, Parler’s hands-off approach to content moderation has made it popular amongst users who disagree with policies of Meta Platform Inc’s Facebook and Twitter.
Tumblr is a social media website that was launched in 2007 which allows users to post long-form blog-style content with media elements equivalent to photos and GIFs.
It also allows users to speak with one another very similar to Twitter’s direct messaging function.
The platform which hosts live audio chatrooms gained popularity at the height of the pandemic.
The app allows users to speak with people the world over in what it calls “Rooms” where someone can start an audio chatroom and discuss topics of interest.
It doesn’t follow an invite-only system for users to access the platform.
(Compiled by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Edited by Shounak Dasgupta)
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